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Pope: Death of Iraqi archbishop ‘act of inhuman violence’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called the kidnapping and death of an Iraqi archbishop “an act of inhuman violence that offends the dignity of the human being and seriously harms the ... coexistence among the beloved Iraqi people.”
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Mass of remembrance, healing celebrated for victims of Tucson shooting

TUCSON, Ariz. – More than 800 people filled St. Odilia Church and its nearby parish hall Jan. 11 to pray for the victims of the shooting spree outside a Tucson supermarket Jan. 8.
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Pope urges church to help couples see beauty of natural procreation

VATICAN CITY – The church must find ways to help Catholic couples see the beauty of respecting the true design of procreation and avoid artificial reproduction and contraception, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Pakistan blast kills more than 20, damages Catholic buildings

LAHORE, Pakistan – A massive suicide bomb targeting a government building killed 23 people and badly damaged Catholic buildings in Lahore.
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Pope sends envoy, funds for Haiti on earthquake anniversary

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI offered special prayers and a $1.2 million contribution to Haiti as the country struggled to recover a year after a deadly earthquake.
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Late actor’s camp in Ireland gives back childhoods to ill children

DUBLIN, Ireland – A Hole in the Wall Camp founded by the late actor Paul Newman helps sick children get their childhoods back, said a New York Catholic working there as a volunteer.
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Priest says Ireland losing its faith, needs to be evangelized

DETROIT -- Just as St. Patrick evangelized Ireland in the fifth century, an Irish priest studying in Detroit says the Irish of the 21st century now need the new evangelization called for by the late Pope John Paul II.
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Chaplain recruiter has been in line of fire

Father Paul Anthony Halladay is on a mission, to replenish the depleted ranks of Catholic chaplains in the U.S. Army. His pitch is backed by experience in the line of fire, a brush that earned him a Bronze Star.
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Spalding student ready for Teen Jeopardy

Daddy-daughter time has always been unique at the Hosford home in Annapolis.
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Archbishop O’Brien celebrates Mass at St. Mary’s Seminary

Calling it the “main preoccupation” of the seminary to “create priests after the heart of Christ,” Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated Mass with the board of trustees, seminarians, administrators and members of the St. Mary’s Seminary community in Roland Park, March 3.
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A ‘routine’ year: Pope’s 2011 calendar holds full slate of events

VATICAN CITY – For Pope Benedict XVI, the 2011 calendar already holds a full slate of meetings, liturgies and foreign trips.
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CRS steps it up in a time of crisis

Kenneth Hackett knows things are bad when the Missionaries of Charity come knocking on his doors at the international headquarters of Catholic Relief Services in Baltimore.
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